Author: Joel

There is a natural rhythm to life – not just the coming and going of seasons or weeks with weekends and all. There is a rhythm within a day. Stress, anxiety, depression and fatigue let us know we are out of step. 

Prayer is really something God does. You just have to show up. 

When you are in your “creative space,” you are in touch with the eternal. 

You can only accept what is given to you. You cannot “manufacture” anything. Besides, anything you do on your own is really nothing.

Sometimes I think when Jesus, at the Lord’s Supper, was saying “whenever you do this…” he was meaning “whenever you eat….” So that would mean a lot more often than we do, we ought to be thankful and remember he is our sustenance. Then, that whole part about eating or drinking  ...  Keep reading

Brennan Manning says that God gives himself most fully to us in solitude, but we should not expect that we leave God behind when we leave our solitude. 

Watch out, there will always be “wild animals.”

A beautiful thought from C.S. Lewis: 

The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other point of view, letting that larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.

– from Mere Christianity

Each of us has our own currency in which we deal, and we long to amass more of it: money, time, power, comfort. The trick is being satisfied with and present to what is in front of you, whether it be poverty, busy-ness, powerlessness or distress.